Latvia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Latvia was 64,570 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64,570 in 2018 and a minimum value of 64,480 in 2011.

Definition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 64,559
1962 64,559
1963 64,559
1964 64,559
1965 64,559
1966 64,559
1967 64,559
1968 64,559
1969 64,559
1970 64,559
1971 64,559
1972 64,559
1973 64,559
1974 64,559
1975 64,559
1976 64,559
1977 64,559
1978 64,559
1979 64,559
1980 64,559
1981 64,559
1982 64,559
1983 64,559
1984 64,559
1985 64,559
1986 64,559
1987 64,559
1988 64,559
1989 64,559
1990 64,559
1991 64,559
1992 64,559
1993 64,559
1994 64,559
1995 64,559
1996 64,559
1997 64,559
1998 64,559
1999 64,559
2000 64,559
2001 64,559
2002 64,559
2003 64,559
2004 64,559
2005 64,559
2006 64,559
2007 64,559
2008 64,559
2009 64,560
2010 64,510
2011 64,480
2012 64,480
2013 64,490
2014 64,570
2015 64,570
2016 64,570
2017 64,570
2018 64,570

Development Relevance: Total surface area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, surface area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators.

Limitations and Exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Total land area includes inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use